Detachable horseshoe



(No Model.)

0'. V. GESCHKE.

DETAOHABLE HORSESHOE. N0. 363,225. Patented May 17, 1887.

ll 'rno STATES PATENT Oriana.

CHARLES V. GESOHKE, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT. I

DETACHABLE HORSESHOE.

.GPECIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,225, dated May 17,1887.

Application filed February 23, 1887. Serial No. 228,469. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES V. GEsoI-IKE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDetachable Horseshoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make and use .thesame.

My invention has for its object to provide a supplemental horseshoeadapted to be readily secured in place over the ordinary shoe, so thatin the event of a freeze up a horse may be almost instantly equippedwith sharpened calks without the necessity for skilled labor, andwithout the long delays which are often unavoidable in getting a horsesharpened in the usual way.

It is of course essential that a shoe of this class shall be light,strong, readily attached, capable of adjustment at both toe and heel,and sure to remain in place when once attached.

With these ends in view I have devised the simple and novel constructionof which the following description, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a specification, numbers being used to indicate the severalparts.

Figure Us a bottom plan view of my improved supplemental shoe; Fig. 2,an elevation of one half of a shoe, the other half being removed, thefastenings shown insection 011 the line 00 .90, and the hoof andordinary shoe indicated in dotted lines; and Fig. 3 is a transversesection of the shoe complete.

My improved supplemental shoe is made in two wholly independent parts,each of which is indicated by 1, each part being provided with abase-plate, 2, an inwardly-inclined side flange, 3, an inwardlyinclinedtoe-piece, 4, a heel-piece, 5, a half-socket, 6, to receive the toe-calkof an ordinary shoe, and a socket, 7, (see dotted lines,) to receive oneof the heelcalks of an ordinary shoe. The exact shape of these parts isnot of the essence of my invention. The toe-pieces are made thick andheavy enough to stand the hard usage to which the shoes are subjected,and the heel-pieces extend, preferably, a short distance back of thehoof,to give strength to this portion of the shoe. One of the half-shoesis provided with dowel-pins 8, and the other with sockets 9 to receivethem.

10 denotes a screw at the toe of the shoe, passing through one toe-piece and partly through the other, and 11 a screw at the heel, passingthrough one heel-piecc and partly through the other.

12 denotes the calks, any number of which may be used, and which may bearranged to suit thejudgment of the manufacturer.

13 denotes an opening through the shoe at the bottom, each half-shoebeing cut away to form a portion of it.

The shoes may of course be made of any suitable 1naterialas, forexample, malleable iron-or they may be forged from iron or steel.

In use the ordinary shoe rests upon the base-plate, the calks resting inthe sockets. The toe-pieces clasp the front of the hoof, and the sideflanges clasp the sides thereof, the rear ends of the ordinary shoespassing under the flanges, the sockets therefor being clearly indicatedby dotted lines at 14 in Fig. 1.

The applicationof my improved shoe requires but an instants time, and noskilled labor. Each half'shoe is placed in properposition, thedowel-pins engaging their respective sockets, and screws 9 and 10 aretightened up until the half-shoes are firmly clamped in place. The holesfor the screws are indicated by 15. In practice the screw-holes in thehalf-shoes that receive the points of the screws are threaded, and thescrew-holes in the other half may or may not be threaded.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A supplemental horseshoemade in independent parts which clasp and inclose the hoof of anordinary shoe and are provided,respcctivcly, with dowel-pins and socketsto receive them, and screws engaging both parts, whereby they aretightened up in use.

2. A supplemental horseshoe consisting of independent parts each ofwhich is provided with an inwardly-inclined side flange, aninwardly-inclined toe-piece, and a heel-piece, and screws 10 and11,engaging said toe-pieces and heel-pieces,whereby the shoe is ad justably secured in place.

3. A supplemental horseshoe consisting of an ordinary shoe, and socketsto receive the oalks of an ordinary shoe, and screws 10 end 11,- wherebythe independent parts are ad ustably secured in place. 5

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES V. GESOHKE.

Witnesses:

A. M. Woos'rER, .O. E. RUGGLES.

